AuthorTopic: VL6.0-Light installation error (Read 4522 times)

Hello,I've just tried to install VectorLinux 6.0 Light on my daughter's old PC (Pentium III 500 MHz, 256 MB RAM, Windows 98 SE on the 1st HD (hda, 13 GB) and VectorLinux on the 2nd HD (hdb, 20 GB) partitioned like this:/dev/hdb1 fat32 8.38 GB/dev/hdb2 ext3 2.80 GB boot/dev/hdb4 extended 6.97 GB/dev/hdb5 ext3 6.97 GB /home/dev/hdb3 linux-swap 509.88 MBIt seemed to me that the installation process was performed all right (even though I wasn't asked anything about LILO) but when I rebooted Windows 98 SE was launched. So I rebooted by means of VL installation cd and chose to repair LILO (successfully). I rebooted again but only Windows 98 SE was launched, so I booted a third time by means of VL installation cd but typing: linux root=/dev/hdb2 ro.The process went on for a time but, at the end I obtained this error message: "An error occurred during the root filesystem check ... ".According to you what am I supposed to do in order to fix this problem? Any suggestion is wellcome.Best Regards

There is also the possibility that the drive has problems accessing the MBR... I own a machine for example, with 3 hard drives in it, none of which can be used for bootloader installation. I have to keep a tiny 128MH USB thumbdrive plugged in to install bootloader and to boot the stupid thing... I've tried everything, just can't get it to boot off the internal drives.

Now, another thing, it seems you you parsed /dev/hdb2 as your root parameter when booting with the cd. Per your layout, looks like /dev/hdb2 is your /boot partition. I would recommend you just keep /boot within the / partition itself.

Hello,In the meantime, I installed VL 6.0 Light by means of the Live CD. The installation process ended successfully, but when I rebooted I just had a blank screen with a hyphen blinking on its left upper side. So I restarted and by means of Windows floppy disc I fixed the MBR, so I could boot Windows, at least. Then I booted again with VL cd, typing the option: linux root=/dev/hdb2 ro and, this time I didn't have any error message but obtained a command line login. I typed my user (alberto) and when I was asked the password I typed "vector", but the answer was: Login incorrect. What shall I do? Am I supposed to reinstall everything again?Best RegardsP.S.I've never used LILO. Previously I used Grub with Ubuntu 9.04 + LXDE, without problems.

Now, another thing, it seems you you parsed /dev/hdb2 as your root parameter when booting with the cd. Per your layout, looks like /dev/hdb2 is your /boot partition. I would recommend you just keep /boot within the / partition itself.

I still use one seperate /boot partition, makes it simpler to reinstall things and means I can leave Grub alone. However, if you do use a /boot partition, 2 GB is way more than you need. I use 30 MB, most of which is empty.....